macOS Sequoia (version 15) is the upcoming major release of

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operating system, the successor to

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. It was announced at WWDC 2024 on June 10, 2024. It is named after

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, which is located in the

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mountain range. The first developer beta was released on June 10, 2024. The first public beta was released on July 15, 2024, and the second was released on July 23, 2024.

Development

Announcement

macOS Sequoia was announced by Senior Vice President of Software Engineering

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at Apple's

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(WWDC) on June 10, 2024.

Features

macOS Sequoia introduced several new features and improvements, mainly focused on productivity: * iPhone Mirroring, a feature to mirror and interact with content from an iPhone as a macOS window, has been introduced.. This function will not be available in Europe this fall due to the lack of conformity to the Digital Markets Act (DMA). * The

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app has been redesigned to be more similar to that of

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and

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, including rounded buttons, departing from the design that has been used since

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. *

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has been updated with the Math Notes feature, which can be used to calculate simple equations, evaluate expressions, and assign variables within the app. *

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, a

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application, was introduced. * In

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, individual menus have been rearranged and slightly redesigned for quick access to frequently used menus. *

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has been revamped, including revamped reader mode (now called Reader), faster page load times, a new start page, and a brand new unified menu; these had previously been exclusive to compact mode on iOS/iPadOS. * macOS Sequoia will release with the second iteration of

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, a

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derived from

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and

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, allowing developers to more easily port Windows games to macOS. *

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will be available on all

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Macs and will include

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features such as a revamped and redesigned

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, Writing Tools with which selected text can be proofread or have its tone changed, Smart Reply in

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to quickly draft email responses, and a system-wide integration with

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.. This function will not be available in Europe this fall due to the lack of conformity to the Digital Markets Act (DMA). * Window tiling is now automatically suggested by macOS when dragging a window to the edges of the display, similar to Microsoft Windows’ Window snapping feature. * The Tips app has a new UI and includes many new tips for individual apps such as Freeform,

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, and

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, it can also now be added to the dock. * A feature to enable users to edit the iPhone home screen through iPhone Mirroring is available in the latest betas of macOS Sequoia 15 and macOS Sequoia 15.1.. This function will not be available in Europe this fall due to the lack of conformity to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Supported hardware

macOS Sequoia supports all Macs with

and those with Intel's

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and 8th-generation

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chips or later. A Mac with a M1 chip or later is required to use

. macOS Sequoia supports every Mac that supports macOS Sonoma with the exception of the 2018–2019 MacBook Air models with Amber Lake chips. Similar to Sonoma, the 2019 iMac is the only supported

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Mac that lacks a T2 security chip. macOS Sequoia is the first version of macOS to drop support for a Mac with a T2 security chip. The following devices are compatible with macOS Sequoia: *

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(2019 and later) * iMac Pro (2017) *

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(early 2020 and later) * MacBook Pro (2018 and later) *

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(2018 and later) * Mac Pro (2019 and later) *

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(all models)

Release history

The first developer beta of macOS Sequoia was released on June 10, 2024. Like macOS Sonoma, the Sequoia developer beta is available to anyone with a Apple Developer account, without needing a developer subscription. ''See Apple's officia
release notes
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References

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